Báo cáo khoa học: " Inverse planned stereotactic intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the treatment of incompletely and completely resected adenoid cystic carcinomas of the head and neck: initial clinical results and toxicity of treatment"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Radiation Oncology cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: " Inverse planned stereotactic intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the treatment of incompletely and completely resected adenoid cystic carcinomas of the head and neck: initial clinical results and toxicity of treatment. | Radiation Oncology BioMed Central Research Inverse planned stereotactic intensity modulated radiotherapy IMRT in the treatment of incompletely and completely resected adenoid cystic carcinomas of the head and neck initial clinical results and toxicity of treatment MW Munter 1 3 D Schulz-Ertner3 H Hof3 A Nikoghosyan3 A Jensen3 S Nill2 P Huber1 3 and J Debus3 Open Access Address Department of Radiation Oncology German Cancer Research Center dkfz Heidelberg Germany 2Department of Medical Physics German Cancer Research Center dkfz Heidelberg Germany and 3Department of Radiation Oncology University of Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany Email MW Munter - D Schulz-Ertner - H Hof - ANikoghosyan - A Jensen - S Nill - P Huber - J Debus - juergen_debus@ Corresponding author Published 06 June 2006 Received 20 March 2006 Radiation Oncology 2006 1 17 doi 1748-717X-1-17 Accepted 06 June 2006 This article is available from http content 1 1 17 2006 Munter et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Presenting the initial clinical results in the treatment of complex shaped adenoid cystic carcinomas ACC of the head and neck region by inverse planned stereotactic IMRT. Materials 25 patients with huge ACC in different areas of the head and neck were treated. At the time of radiotherapy two patients already suffered from distant metastases. A complete resection of the tumor was possible in only 4 patients. The remaining patients were incompletely .